Day: September 23, 2024

PUTRAJAYA, The circulation of poison-pen letters urging Chinese voters to stay away from the Mahkota state by-election this Saturday will not affect the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, said BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The UMNO president said the entire machinery of the component parties within the Unity Government is working tirelessly to ensure all voters turn out to cast their ballots. “Yesterday, I spent the entire day in the Mahkota constituency and this matter was brought to my attention by the Johor Menteri Besar (Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi). “It was found that this (circulation of these anonymous

KOTA KINABALU, Three secondary school students have discovered a rare coral fungus, Phaeoclavulina cokeri, at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Hill here recently. UMS said in a statement today that the discovery by Muhammad Aqil Fahmi Mahadimenakbar from Sekolah Menegah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tebobon, Muhammad Daniel Ashraff Abdullah (SMK Likas) and Cleasha Joiee Alfius from Sekolah Menengah (SM) All Saint, represented a significant breakthrough in the study of fungi as it was a rare recorded instance of the species in this region. ‘This new finding of Phaeoclavulina cokeri in Sabah is particularly significant as it is more commonly found in North America,

KANGAR, The sales value recorded by 10 Perlis entrepreneurs during the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism (MAHA) Exhibition 2024, from Sept 11 to yesterday (Sept 22), was RM394,787.40 which exceeded the set target of between RM200,000 and RM250,000. Perlis Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) director Mohd Anzara Azizan said the sales value was based on five clusters namely the Perak Pavilion, Kingdom of Agrofood, Food Empire and Viral, Foodtruck Fiesta and Agrobazaar Online. ‘In MAHA 2024, a total of 10 entrepreneurs from Perlis successfully participated in sales involving 13 sales lots at the Perak Pavilion, Kingdom of Agrofood, Food Empire

KUALA LUMPUR, The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) intends to strengthen relations with member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in promoting a Muslim-friendly tourism industry ecosystem in Malaysia. Its deputy minister, Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan said the close cooperation with the OIC will bring good returns as the organisation has great potential in attracting more Muslim tourists to the country. “This is important as the international Muslim-friendly tourism market is projected to reach US$228 billion (US$1 = RM4.20) by 2028, which means the industry) is quite lucrative. ‘We will lose and miss out if we

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia trended in a tight range and closed easier today as it has entered into a consolidation mode following two days of uptrend, said an analyst. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 3.52 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 1,665.30 at the close from Friday’s close of 1,668.82. It opened 1.09 points firmer at 1,669.91, trading between 1,658.48 and 1,671.62 throughout today’s session. In the broader market, decliners outpaced gainers 675 to 458, while 500 counters were unchanged, 894 untraded and 30 suspended. Turnover fell to 3.36 billion units worth RM3.17 billion from Friday’s 4.19